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2026 Salary Increases Preview Report

The Pay Increase Preview Report provides an early snapshot of what is in the full Compensation Best Practices Report, which reveals what salary increases organizations actually gave last year in 2025 and what they’re giving this year for 2026.

2025 End-of-Year Top Jobs Report

This annual report from Payscale looks at trends in the labor market and the hottest jobs of the year in 2025 as well as predictions for 2026.

2025 Pay Trends Report

This research report provides data-driven analysis on the state of the labor market, industry wage trends from Payscale Peer, and an exploration of HR-trusted AI-powered compensation tools shaping the future of market pricing in 2025.

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Connect Event Insights: Pharma and Life Sciences - Whitepaper

August 16, 2022
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How To Manage Pay Compression With Agile Comp

Learn how to manage pay compression with Agile compensation planning using specific tools from Payscale to analyze pay compression and maintain pay equity.

June 27, 2022
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Compensation Strategy: Responding to Rising Inflation & Cost of Labor

Analysis of the job market, quits rates, and average turnover by industry during the Great Reevaluation.

May 25, 2022
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Are You at Increased Risk for Employee Turnover in 2022

Analysis of the job market, quits rates, and average turnover by industry during the Great Reevaluation.

April 26, 2022
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Compensation Challenges Mapping the Journey - Infographic

Compensation management isn't easy. There's a lot to know just in the realm of pricing jobs to make offers to new hires.

April 22, 2022
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Connect Event Insights: Higher Education - Whitepaper

March 28, 2022
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Connect Event Insights: Healthcare - Whitepaper

March 16, 2022
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March 9, 2022
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Connect Event Insights: Hospitality - Whitepaper

February 28, 2022
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Connect Event Insights: Insurance - Whitepaper

February 24, 2022
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How Fair Pay Perception and Pay Transparency Combat Turnover

Do employees know what goes into determining their pay and ensuring that their pay is fair? Payscale’s research suggests that most do not.

July 15, 2021
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Employee Performance Management Whitepaper

December 31, 2019
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2025 Pay Trends Report

This research report provides data-driven analysis on the state of the labor market, industry wage trends from Payscale Peer, and an exploration of HR-trusted AI-powered compensation tools shaping the future of market pricing in 2025.

2025 Compensation Best Practices Report

Payscale’s 16th annual Compensation Best Practices Report (CBPR) distills data and insights from the largest known survey on compensation management best practices.

Salary Budget Survey (SBS) 2025-2026

Payscale’s 2025-2026 Salary Budget Survey (SBS) provides unparalleled insights on projected salary increase budget submissions from 1,551 organizations collected between May and June 2025.